Judge Throws Out DEA Agents' Lawsuit Against "American Gangster"
I had a feeling this wasn't going very far:
A Manhattan federal judge Thursday tossed out a $55 million suit filed by former federal drug agents who say the movie "American Gangster" tagged them as criminals.Three former Drug Enforcement Administration agents sued NBC Universal last month, contending they were slandered by an on-screen claim that Harlem druglord Frank Lucas' cooperation "led to the convictions of three-quarters of New York City's Drug Enforcement Agency."
For starters, Judge Colleen McMahon said, the New York City Drug Enforcement Agency doesn't exist.
"It would behoove a major corporation like Universal (which is owned by a major news organization, NBC) not to put inaccurate statements at the end of popular films," McMahon wrote. "However, nothing in this particular untrue statement is actionable." [NY Daily News]
Cool. And now that we've thrown DEA out of civil court, let's toss a few of their criminal cases too. Starting with this one…
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Sat, 02/16/2008 - 10:24amIt would also "behoove" the USA to throw the DEA out of existance...along with the ONDCP, and all their "inaccurate statements".